Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICL has meantime seen its share drop from 8.7% in 1989 to 8.4% in 1990 , and duly return to 8.7% in 1991 . |
| 2 | It 's eight now and Mr Vigo has n't seen it for years . |
| 3 | Gary has n't seen er , shall we , Walk on The Wild Side has he ? |
| 4 | ‘ What 's more , Charlie Trumper comes with the deal , the finest fruit and vegetable man the East End has ever seen . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Victoria has n't seen her father for months . |
| 6 | Jo Baker 's guest house in Ross on Wye has n't seen much trade recently . |
| 7 | Which Roger has n't seen yet |
| 8 | He is the finest King Portugal has ever seen ! |
| 9 | Miss Debrace has never seen the place . |
| 10 | Corbett had rarely seen such beauty . |
| 11 | Corbett had never seen such evil in someone so small : black hair slicked back against the head like the ears of a wet rat ; tiny , soulless eyes and a face as twisted and as sour as a rotten apple . |
| 12 | His sparse blond hair was dark with sweat , and his surprised blue eyes and hangdog look made him the most unlikely royal messenger Corbett had ever seen . |
| 13 | It was the only chamber Corbett had ever seen where there were no torches fixed to the wall . |
| 14 | Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location . |
| 15 | Bernice had never seen such sadness in his eyes — in anyone 's eyes . |
| 16 | The refectory door was open again , and standing in it , filling it , was the most grotesquely fat woman that Bernice had ever seen . |
| 17 | Kathleen had always seen the sense of things , once they were explained . |
| 18 | Minto was ‘ more excited ’ than Warnie had ever seen her when he returned from Aldershot far week-end leave , happy to leave behind him his fellow-officers , whom he nicknamed the Aldershits . |
| 19 | Catriona had never seen anyone like her . |
| 20 | Mary-Lou had neither seen the spider nor disturbed it , she shut her desk . |
| 21 | In February the clergy were outlawed ; although Winchelsey 's response was to excommunicate the violators of Clericis Laicos , Edward had already seen a way past this . |
| 22 | A decaying treestump sprouted a collar of saffron fungus of a kind Edward had never seen before . |
| 23 | It was thick and heavy and very large across his narrow shoulders , but it was the finest jacket Frankie had ever seen , and it belonged to him . |
| 24 | Stranger this new guest might be , certainly Cadfael had never seen him before , but it was no particular problem to work out who he must be , even if that left his presence here as a mystery . |
| 25 | Zach had already seen it . |
| 26 | Beneath the small screen was an intricate keyboard system , although nothing Rex had n't seen before . |
| 27 | One of them was holding the longest pair of pliers Dorcas had ever seen . |
| 28 | Which is how the Great and Good have always seen their role . |
| 29 | It was at TMcL that he first met his one and only ‘ accountancy ’ hero , James Dowling , the then senior partner — ‘ one of the finest men I have ever met and arguably the best accountant Scotland has ever seen ’ . |
| 30 | AEA has not seen a copy and does not expect to do so . |